Leveraging fault simulation for manufacturing test

Manufacturing test for ASICs remains a critical part of the development lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of defect free silicon. This…

Portable Stimulus 2.0 Ready for Public Review

As vice-chair of the Accellera Portable Stimulus Working Group, it is my pleasure to announce that the Portable Test and…

Part 3: The 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs related to the 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study. …

Formal Flows From a Simulation Point-of-View

At the end of Your First Step Into Formal Property Checking, I said the effort I put into understanding formal…

Key Functional Safety Insights from the 2020 Wilson Research Survey

Every two years, Siemens casts a wide net to capture the latest trends and challenges in IC Design and Verification….

Part 2: The 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

In my previous blog, I introduced the 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study (click here). The objective of my previous…

Part 1: The 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

In my previous blog, I introduced the 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study (click here). The objective of my previous…

Leveraging BIST to reduce silicon cost in ISO26262 compliant semiconductors

IC complexity for automotive applications continues to grow with experts estimating that automotive electronics will eventually exceed 50% of total…

The UVM Config DB and Scope

Introduction With any large software project, you need to share information and control across widely separated blocks. In the bad…